Post by debra on Feb 20, 2009 16:47:38 GMT

Just to let you know that back in December my cat got sick. Took her to the vet and he said it was bladder problems. He gave her some antibiotics. They "seemed" to help her. But then she got worse again. Since that vet didn't do any blood tests to make sure, I took her a couple of weeks later to my avian vet. She recommended blood tests, which I was glad about. What she found was leukemia. Chelsea was also extremely anemic -- so much so that the vet almost wasn't able to get blood for the tests. At that point, there wasn't much hope. So, I took her home and she continued to get worse. On February 7th we took her in to the vet one last time. I was holding her as the vet administered the euthanasia. She laid her little head in my hand and just went to sleep. I could actually feel her spirit leave her body. I've had that cat all her life. Ever since she was able to leave her mother. She was at my dad's when she was born so she's always been with family. She would have been 15 on my birthday in April. I miss her so much. She was my other child and she and I had a special relationship. She would actually say Mommy believe it or not. Surprised my hubby when she first said it.

This is her just 2 days before she passed. She was so boney and frail.